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English word orphan comes from Proto-Indo-European *h₃erbʰ-, Proto-Indo-European - -os
*h₃erbʰ- (Proto-Indo-European)
- -os (Proto-Indo-European)
*h₃erbʰ (Proto-Indo-European)
ὀρφανός (Ancient Greek)
orphanus (Late Latin)
orphan (English)
(by extension, figuratively) Remaining after the removal of some form of support.. Deprived of parents (also orphaned). (transitive) To deprive of parents (used almost exclusively in the passive). (transitive, computing) To make unavailable, as by removing the last remaining pointer or reference to. (computing) Any unreferenced object.. (figuratively) Anything that is unsupported, as by its [...]